by Sarah Gooding | Apr 10, 2019 | coblocks, godaddy, gutenberg, News, Plugins, ThemeBeans, Themes, Wordpress Resources
GoDaddy has acquired CoBlocks, ThemeBeans, Block Gallery and Block Unit Tests, one of the leading Gutenberg product lines in the WordPress ecosystem. Founder Rich Tabor is joining GoDaddy as Senior Product Manager of WordPress Experience and will lead a team dedicated...
by Sarah Gooding | Jan 10, 2019 | Elementor, gutenberg, News, page builders, Wordpress Resources
Elementor has acquired Layers WP, a WordPress site builder that was previously marketed as an all-in-one theme solution for getting a business online. Layers co-founders David and Marc Perel identified Gutenberg as the main reason for the sale in their farewell...
by Sarah Gooding | Dec 12, 2018 | gutenberg, News, state of the word, wordcamp us, wordpress, Wordpress Resources
photo credit: WP TavernWordCamp US kicked off in Nashville over the weekend, following the release of WordPress 5.0. In the first 48 hours, 5.0 had been downloaded more than 2.8 million times. It passed 3 million Saturday night. “There’s been a lot...
by Jeff Chandler | Dec 8, 2018 | bebo, gutenberg, wordpress, WordPress 5.0, Wordpress Resources
In 2016 at WordCamp US in Philadelphia, PA, Matt Mullenweg announced to the world that a new post and page editor would be coming to WordPress. “The editor does not represent the core of WordPress publishing,” Mullenweg said. His vision of the editor was...
by Sarah Gooding | Nov 20, 2018 | Block Lab, gutenberg, News, Plugins, Wordpress Resources
Block Lab is a new tool that provides an admin interface and a templating system for creating custom Gutenberg blocks. Rob Stinson, Luke Carbis, and Rheinard Korf, all employees at XWP, kicked off the project in their own time with the goal of removing the relatively...
by Sarah Gooding | Oct 5, 2018 | gutenberg, layout blocks, News, Plugins, Wordpress Resources
photo credit: Jeffrey BettsMany WordPress theme shops started out with themes as their only products but over the years have moved into selling plugins that enhance their core products. This came about partially because theming standards evolved to encourage...
